People are happier with the gospel

well easter was pretty good, crazy, and weird cuz any sort of holiday doesnt really feel like a holiday. its just another day lol that i have the oppurtiunity to find people that need the gospel but it was good. thats cool that you got to go to the deal with elder klien, i am sooo glad he is doin well and you had a good time. speaking of elder klien his family sent me an easter package! they are soo awesome. idk whether KaLee loved the advice or not cuz she said she did and thanks for it haha but oh well she knows. mom i know that you worry alot but I trust her and i know that she will do the right thing.she is an amazing gir. she told me she got her blessing and was really excited about it. i told her to look for the warnings in it and to strengthen those areas. i heard a little about the trip ha sounds like i didnt miss much.things are good here, we had one baptisms 2 saturdays ago which was awesome, her name is alma sarrazin. the biggest need that i see for people. idk honestly strength in families, everyone we talk to has terrible family problems and its crazy but yeah idk there are so many things. people are honestly just happier with the gospel in thier life and their families become stronger. they finally have the spirit with them. so we had a neat experience this week, so the other elders that are in our ward with us had a baptism, it was this lady and she has a daughter that has down syndrom, well at the baptism the little girl who is over the age of 8 but doesnt have that mind set wanted to get baptized. we didnt know what to do cuz she doesnt have to get baptized and yeah so we figured things out and called mission president and he said if the mom wants and she wants then she can be baptized also. so we started the service and it came time to actually do the baptisms. the mom went first, then the girl stepped down innto the water. when the guy was sayin the prayer the girl smiled the whole time, i thought about Jesus Christ because this girl was pure, perfect, spotless and she still wanted to be baptized like Jesus was. when she came out of the water the smile on her face was amazing, my heart swelled like i cant explain but it was amazing! the easter pageant is awesome , but i like it better in spanish than in english... idk ha but we definately have to come back. there are alot of protestors which bugs me cuz they say how they are christian but if you are christian you try to do as christ would and he definately would say terrible things and try and destroy peoples faith.i havnt gotten the package yet but thats sweet brother brewer is comin haha il have to send stuff home with them. remind me when its a little closer to when he is coming. im so stoked for keg but i gotta give bub and brandon a reganar session. thats so weird everyone is getting married ha i wanna see invitations haha. your gonna be angry with me cuz i still dunnno the plan for mothers day.... sorry il let you know next week :) im so proud of you guys and the missionary work you are doing! well i love you all bunches and il let you know about mothers day next monday.
love taylor

The work is exploding!

this week FLEW i cant even begin to explain how fast it went. haha If you have to count down to mother's day dont go crazy counting then, it seems weird to me im gonna call again so fast. i have no idea when or where we will be calling from sooo sorry, if you give me a cell # i can call one of those first or something idk ha. we cant do skype sorry... that is soooo awesome im stoked for kade, he will not regret going. im so excited for keg! that is sooo awesome im freaking out inside for him haha.i sent KaLee a letter last monday so idk whats going on... i didnt know about the patriartical blessing, thats sooo cool. idk the actual address of my apartment so just send stuff to the mission home its ok. but yeah it is the one behind the taco bell. me and elder cuenca are doing great, the work is EXPLODING. we had a baptism last saturday with a lady named alma oh wow it was amazing she was sooo ready and the spirit was so strong. you could see the difference in her. we have 2 baptisms not this coming saturday but the next and then we have 1 on the 7th of may and 4 on the 14th of may!!! its soo amazing we are workin our tails off here. my schedule is the same 6 am run 7 shower and eat 8 personal study 9 comp study 10 language and we eat and we are off. so investigators: we have a fam. the martinez fam they have 2 little girls and an older one and a little boy. we are teaching a lady named jaquelin who is 25 and has a 1 year old little boy named jaun but we call him pollito and he is the bomb. we are teaching a lady named alicia bautista and she is sooo awesome, she has some fam problems but they are being solved little by little and she has found such a peace in the gospel. she reads the book of mormon when her husband is watching a movie she doesnt feel is appropriate to watch, its awesome. we have a family named monroy that are awesome but are hard to get a ahold of. a guy and his wife leonardo and ignacia and they are awesome, we are going to set a date with them next lesson. we have more but i dont have a ton of time haha. so im gonna answer a couple questions yes i went to the easter pagent it is absolutely amazing and that is probably where i felt the spirit the strongest, the pagent after i get home we are all coming dow for cuz wow... and its HUUUUUUUUGE there are soooooooo many people there. il send a pic of the stage and stuff next week. So with VT,sometimes it is very hard not to be discouraged and feel like you wasted time. the thing that i love is that in preach my gospel it says "no effort is wasted" not one single one. now to help with them, next time you go over, idk if you have like a certain lesson to teach but ask them if they had a missionary experience or how maybe some piece of the gospel has helped them in their life. and before you go in next time say a prayer and ask to know "their" needs the thing we try to do is teach people, not lessons, and if we can know their needs we can help them. bah im out of time i gotta go im down to seconds i love you all sooooooo much i hope you have a great day and week!
love taylor

Liahona 4th ward

hahahaha so i had no clue about my area, all i knew was that my comp was elder cuenca (who is the missionary that i stayed my very first night in arizona with) i didnt know where i was stayin what branch or ward i was in nothin. ha but now i do. im in its called liahona 4th ward, its not even a branch it is a ward, im still in a car which is nice for the summer. idk the address of my apartments but i can tell ya where they are. its on mesa drive and brown just north of the canal on the west side. they are like a reddish color i think haha. so elder cuenca is super awesome! he is from new york, he has been out 2 transfers more than me and he is a hard worker. his family is from ecuador but he was born here. my first week was crazy but we taught lessons and thats about it haha. i met soooo many people but i can really only remember the investigators names hahah and some of the members too i guess. we are teaching a lady named alma that is supposed to be baptized this weekend so i am excited she is awesome, another lady named maria who has 2 weeks til her baptism, and jaquelin who has 2 weeks also. jaquelin has a little boy named juan but we call him pollo or pollito haha (look up pollo you will laugh) but he is the cutest little stinker. yeah it was super tough leaving, it felt like i was restarting again, finding new people and i had made some bonds with those people.the area wasnt a restart there has been missionaries here . there have been a lot of times i felt the spirit, one was during a lesson and we were talking about the word of wisdom and i felt like i needed to share a scripture on faith and yeah it was what they needed at the moment. umm my testimony, idk elder cuenca has really helped me realize the strength of my testimony so its not that it really has changed but i just like know how much i really have i guess.hahahhaha yeah kylee has givin me a couple hair cuts, i was pretty sure i told you that she had already though. we are pretty close to her house maybe like five minutes or so not far at all but she is out of our zone and area. im sad elder francis is leavin but its crazy that elder klien is stayin, that is sooooooo long in that area.thats crazy about their bikes too, dad is a great guy he always has been and always will be.hahaha you cant move to arizona for another 17 months sorry mom. I can't wait for Keg's call. Brandon and Bub too, they all need to get those papers done!!!!! thats crazy about kegs collar bone. another one of satans wys to stop young men from going is injuries... im so glad you go to the temple soo much, its amazing the blessings you get when you go. when i told you to go every week i just wanted you to be happy and feel peace and yeah ha. mom dont stress yourself out counting down to mother's day, just dont think about it and it comes alot faster. i love you all bunches and i cant wait to get all your letters. oh yeah if you send me a list of things you want me to talk about il get started on a tape, idk what on earth to say. maybe il just start anyway we shall see. anyway i love you all alot!

ok family i have a a commitment for you that i really really want you to do. every single day i want you to read the book of mormon, at least 5 pages. i promise it will bring more peace into the home, kids this part is for you. im out here teaching kids of all ages adults to and we ask them to read everyday and some do it,some dont. you can see the difference in the ones that do, they are happier and they have better days. the key is you have to have a good attitude about it, yeah its hard to get up in the morning and read with a smile on your face but if you do and you want to read you will be blessed so much. so when you start this, kids be good, dont complain and really try and pay attenetion, i wish i would have when i was there... i really promise that if you do this you will be so much better off, you will have better days and will just have a better attitudewith everything. i hope to hear about how you are readin as a family everyday.
love taylor


Dad, the new area is pretty awesome i love it the people here are sweet! my comp is bomb his name is elder cuenca and he is from new york. we have 3 baptisms this month and hopefully at least 2 next month. yeah kylee cut my hair a couple times its been pretty cool. fishin.... yeah didnt catch nothin but i loved it anyway, i hope your ready to go cuz in 2 years we are gonna fish like there is no tomorow cuz i miss it hahahaha, i did try to hold my mouth right but i just lost it so you gotta reteach me. well pops im glad all is well i hope your havin a good time and stayin busy, mom said you painted basicly everyones room so sounds like your busy haha. i love you bunchs and cant wait to hear from you again.
love your son taylor



love taylor

me and elder cuenca, this morning haha

New area and New companion!

I can't believe that Francis is going to driggs?!?! hahaha now stuart can take care of him haha he is gonna be like, man stosich has family EVERYWHERE. thats super awesome that klien is stayin, i figured he would probably go but nope. im going... im super nervous cuz it is a restart with the area and all of that but my comps name is elder cuenca and he is AWESOME he trained elder scherbel. im super excited but nervous at the same time ha. the week was ok not the best but its ok im just tryin to keep a positive attitude. oh i know not a thing about the area ha. idk about best day but um i felt the spirit during conference the most, it was awesome. i loved elder hollands talk at the very end of confrence maybe just cuz he is awesome but i liked it. we have 2 baptisms set up for the day i leave... oh well at least they are gonna be baptized. their names are marco (15) and ariel (17) gaytan.
Lupe and Josh's mom is doin awesome she listened to conference yesterday and didnt drink cofee either! all she needs is sundays off and to completely let go of cofee and she is there. my allergies are ok, my nose gets plugged but oh well. i havnt seen scherbel in a while its a bummer. the car, no we got the car cuz they finally realized that we have the biggest area in the mission cuz we take in the indian reservation for all spanish speakin. not cuz of the heat, sooner or later il be back on bike haha in this oven. ok idk what stories they told you but im really not a bad driver, if anyone is a bad driver its morgan! i actually would put my seat belt on when she was driving... siempre estaba miedo! the pt cruiser was CRAZY i couldnt believe it. well i love you all, i have 3 more letters from you so im gonna send this and look at them and send some pics in another email.
love taylor

Jose says he is good i havnt heard from him in a couple weeks. the paredes thing dont worry about its not a big deal, he is only a person in the world what he does and says wont have an effect on me unless i let it. the magnesium and calcium i will definately try and hopefully it helps cuz this no sleep buisness is kickin my butt! haha everything will be ok. well i love you all bunches and bunches and i miss ya but i got alot of work to do and only 17 months to do it in.
love taylor


haha so yeah we went fishin on pday it was fun, didnt catch anyhting cuz well we were fishin the canal but i had a blast!

thats the garcia family he is a branch mission leader and they are awesome.

and it was 102 but i ended up takin the pic when it was 99 degrees. hello sunshine haha.